This is an updated version of the old 1979 Avalon Hill “Frank Herbert’s Dune” which has been out of print for many years.
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Dune Articles - Page 4
Highlighting a specific entry from the archives, on 4th June 2018 Ben Jackson-Ellery shared a story summarised as "It's widely agreed that the earliest Science Fiction story is Frankenstein. I think that it's often cited as a horror story too gives us an idea of how muddied the 'genre' is – even at the beginning, the genre was a hybrid, part something else.". It also was tagged with Dead Space.
Browse the rest of our archive for more Dune coverage.
Hope clouds observation: There’s a Dune RPG coming
Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker responsible for Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, is rebooting Dune. Frank Herbert’s novel has become legendary, lasting beyond his death and first seeing a big picture adaptation by David Lynch in 1984. In the original movie, Kyle MacLachlan played the lead role as Paul Atreides and according to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Genre Police: Taking Up Space?
Okay….this is gonna be a difficult one. It’s gonna really be a column about how we can’t do a column that turns into a column. We’re going to look at how we look at science fiction, how historically it has evolved and how that isnt’ helpful to us. We might even learn something about games […]
Blasted and torn: The sci-fi artof A.J. Trahan
A.J. Trahan is a professional artist who’s worked at Midway Games, Junction Point, Steamboat Studios and Kojima Studios. He has a range of styles and covers various topics but the sample gallery below has a focus on his sci-fi art and pieces in the aftermath of destruction. You can see more illustrations and find out […]
The Parable of the Donkey – as told by a geek
You may know the Parable of the Donkey. Some say it teaches us not to try and bury our mistakes and others say that it reminds us things will work out in the end. When the donkey fell down the well and the farmer decided to shovel lots of dirt in to get rid of […]
The movie timeline of the future [infographic]
This infographic from Michael Hobson is pretty cool. He’s a designer and illustrator based in London and one of the founders of Digital Sizzle. I’m not entirely sure he’s a fan of Ghost in the Shell. Then again; Cowboy Bebop is on the list so perhaps he’s an anime fan after all. The future, according […]
Sci-fi amigurumi masterpieces
Deviant artist Smapte has a fantastic collection of geeky and sci-fi amigurumi. If you’re not familiar with amigurumi then we’re talking about cute crochet figures. The pictures below are just a sample. Highly recommend checking out Smapte’s Deviant Artpage and soaking up the rest of the goodness. There’s more Firefly and Tron behind the link. […]
Lego Dune
Another instant classic from Make:Online. At this rate I’ll be signing up to their RSS feed. Of course; what the clever artist has done here is combine to success stories and that’s the fastest route I know to an instant classic. Makes me wish for a bucket of Lego!
